Epilepsy Center

Research

Examples of previous major advances in pediatric epilepsy from Washington University School of Medicine include the following:

Discovery of Positron Emission Tomography (PET), an important part of the pre-surgical evaluation of children and adolescents whose seizures do not respond to medication

Development of a less invasive form of surgical removal of the middle portion of the temporal lobe (amgdalohippocampectomy), where seizures often arise in children and adolescents whose seizures do not respond to medication

Development and evaluation of new anti-epileptic drugs in children

Mechanisms of brain cell damage and death, with hope someday of prevention